Designed by Crevier, Lemieux, Mercier and Caron, it is a normal side platform station built in open cut under boul.

In January 2010 the STM repainted the station in its original colours being orange pillars and yellow walls.

[6] Among this busy station's amenities include several shops and services directly in the station, including a Tim Hortons, Second Cup, a Scotiabank, two Pizza Shops, a web terminal, and MétroVision information screens which displays news, commercials, and the time till the next train.

At one time an "open-concept" branch of the Montreal Public Library was located next to the exit onto rue Université.

In November 2016, CDPQ Infra announced that the proposed Réseau express métropolitain (REM) system would connect to the Green line at McGill.

The most prominent is Nicolas Sollogoub's Montreal Scenes Circa 1830, depicting the industrial era in the city as well as its early mayors and civic arms.

[15] Maurice Savoie created a set of terra cotta murals depicting fruit and flowers, surrounding the entrance to Eaton's (now the Complexe Les Ailes).

[16] The construction of the Promenades de la Cathédrale in 1992 brought two new works of art, a light sculpture called Passūs by Murray MacDonald,[17] and an installation of an aerial view of Montreal complete with miniature figures of the buildings, by art collective Les Industries perdues.

Founded in 1821 with money and on land bequeathed by Scottish-Canadian businessman James McGill, this is one of Canada's most prestigious institutions of higher education.